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The CDC is set to launch a feasibility study that will focus on the use of text messaging in population health surveys. Initially, the agency will send a text message to randomly selected consumers, inviting them to join the study. The survey questions, including inquiries on alcohol and tobacco use, will then be sent one at a time to the participants.

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Designer John Maeda kicked off this year's TEDMED with a talk about applying design principles to leadership and health care. Applied Minds co-founder Danny Hillis, a professor of research medicine at the University of Southern California, followed with a discussion about how he applied traditional Ayurvedic medicine principles from India to neuroscience. Rafael Yuste talked about how his love of mountaineering intersected with the Brain Activity Map project.

Peace Corps volunteer Chase Adam founded Watsi to allow donations as low as $5 to fund medical treatments for the world's poor. Watsi has vetted nonprofit health care providers in 13 countries who identify patients in need; those patients' profiles are then posted on the Watsi website for online donations. To maintain transparency, Watsi's website includes information on finances and spending, doctors, delays in care, verification of funding transfers and treatment outcomes.

NIH researchers applauded a change to the Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act exempting certain federal employees from a requirement to publicly disclose family financial holdings. Federal employees had sued to block the disclosure provisions, and some said it would cause many federal researchers to leave their posts.

The CDC is set to launch a feasibility study that will focus on the use of text messaging in population health surveys. Initially, the agency will send a text message to randomly selected consumers, inviting them to join the study. The survey questions, including inquiries on alcohol and tobacco use, will then be sent one at a time to the participants.

Technology firms are developing "nana" devices designed to address the medical needs of elderly patients. Among these companies is GenerationOne Mobile Health Solutions, which has developed a wireless system that offers nursing-support service and reminds patients of their medication schedules via text message.